Gonif: Gunsmoke (April 11, 1953)

“Gonif” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 11, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon confronts Frank Bissell, a notorious gunman passing through Dodge City with his gang. After a tense encounter in the barbershop, Dillon orders Bissell and his men to leave town by sundown, setting up a dangerous deadline that could turn violent.

Dodge City, Kansas - primarily in and around Stapley's barbershop and the saloon

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Buffalo Mason, Frank Bissell, Mr. Stapley the barber, Joe

Listen for: The confrontation between Marshal Dillon and Frank Bissell in the barbershop, where tension builds over Bissell's reputation and Dillon's ultimatum to leave town by sundown.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.